US: Stanford rape case judge Aaron Persky removed from office
A US judge who was widely criticised for his leniency towards a campus rapist has been removed from office by voters. Judge Aaron Persky handed Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner a six-month sentence in June 2016. But county judges in…
Lenient sexual assault sentencing revives controversy in U.S.
By Maureen Foody From Wn.com After another case of a judge giving two years’ probation to a Massachusetts student athlete who admitted to sexually assaulting two women as they slept raised ire on social media over the sentencing according to Reuters….